Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements

Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements
Title Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements PDF eBook
Author Richard Allen Landes
Publisher Taylor & Francis US
Pages 478
Release 2000
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780415922463

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Featuring over 200 entries, numerous illustrations and extracts of primary source material, this work covers millenial movements throughout the world. The entries are written by specialists in the field, and cover such issues as: 666; charismatic leadership; church triumphant; Heaven's gate; Jehovah's Witnesses; native American ghost dance; promise-keepers; religious conversion; women in millennial movements; seventh-day adventism; societal stress; Y2K; UFO-logy; utopia; and more.

The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology

The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology
Title The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology PDF eBook
Author Jerry L. Walls Professor of Philosophy of Religion Asbury Theological Seminary
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 744
Release 2007-10-31
Genre Religion
ISBN 0199727635

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Eschatology is the study of the last things: death, judgment, the afterlife, and the end of the world. Through centuries of Christian thoughtfrom the early Church fathers through the Middle Ages and the Reformationthese issues were of the utmost importance. In other religions, too, eschatological concerns were central. After the Enlightenment, though, many religious thinkers began to downplay the importance of eschatology which, in light of rationalism, came to be seen as something of an embarrassment. The twentieth century, however, saw the rise of phenomena that placed eschatology back at the forefront of religious thought. From the rapid expansion of fundamentalist forms of Christianity, with their focus on the end times; to the proliferation of apocalyptic new religious movements; to the recent (and very public) debates about suicide, martyrdom, and paradise in Islam, interest in eschatology is once again on the rise. In addition to its popular resurgence, in recent years some of the worlds most important theologians have returned eschatology to its former position of prominence. The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology will provide an important critical survey of this diverse body of thought and practice from a variety of perspectives: biblical, historical, theological, philosophical, and cultural. This volume will be the primary resource for students, scholars, and others interested in questions of our ultimate existence.

Revelation

Revelation
Title Revelation PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Canongate Books
Pages 60
Release 1999-01-01
Genre Bibles
ISBN 0857861018

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The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism

Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism
Title Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism PDF eBook
Author Brenda E. Brasher
Publisher
Pages 558
Release 2001
Genre Religion
ISBN 9780415922449

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Follows a broad definition of fundamentalism and covers fundamentalism across time and place, although the emphasis remains on its primary manifestation: Protestant fundamentalism in the United States.

The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism

The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism
Title The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism PDF eBook
Author Catherine Wessinger
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 764
Release 2016-07
Genre History
ISBN 0190611944

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Seventh-Day Adventists, Melanesian cargo cults, David Koresh's Branch Davidians, and the Raelian UFO religion would seem to have little in common. What these groups share, however, is a millennial orientation-the audacious human hope for a collective salvation, which may be either heavenly or earthly. The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism offers readers an in-depth look at both the theoretical underpinnings of the study of millennialism and its many manifestations across history and cultures.

A Culture of Conspiracy

A Culture of Conspiracy
Title A Culture of Conspiracy PDF eBook
Author Michael Barkun
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 260
Release 2003
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 9780520248120

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Unravelling the genealogies and permutations of conspiracist worldviews, this work shows how this web of urban legends has spread among sub-cultures on the Internet and through mass media, and how this phenomenon relates to larger changes in American culture.

Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience

Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience
Title Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience PDF eBook
Author Charles H. Lippy
Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
Pages 694
Release 1988
Genre Reference
ISBN

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Contains 105 essays that examine the role of religion in North American society from the time of Native American tribal cultures to the age of the electronic church. Organized by topic, with cross references, bibliographies, and a detailed index.